SM:Collapse On Your Bed
From Create Your Own Story
It is too late, you've wasted too much time. You drop your credit card on the floor and trudge over to your bed. You collapse down ontop of it and find its' warm, soft fuzziness of little comfort.
You lay there even as you feel your final minute ticking away. When your time is up a bright flash suddenly appears forcing you to roll to your side and cover your eyes with your arms.
It passes quickly and as you lower your arms you find yourself laying in a black abyss. All around you is darkness and there are no objects, or other people here.
"A desperate rush for selfish ends," a voice says as you rise to your feet. You look around and find it eniminating from a phantom which floats only a few feet away.
"And you give up in the end. Now I am here to collect on our deal," it continues, as your eyes take in its' appearance. A hooded black cloak with a white, featureless porcelain mask where a face would be. It has no discernable form or body and in the eye sockets of the mask you can see only black.
"Then collect," you respond, defeated.
A cruel, haunting laugh fills the air for a few moments before the phantom speaks again: "Tell me... did you read the fine print on the back of the contract?"
You shake your head, not remembering any fine print anywhere on that paper. The phantom releases another laugh as it turns and floats away. Your feet force you to follow, moving of their own accord.
You get the feeling that even after you've paid your debt, this phantom is not going to let you free.
Game Over: You belong to the phantom now, and forever.
